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Since mankind's dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for ourselves. By doing so, they… — Alan Moore
Veronika had noticed that a lot of people she knew would talk about the horros in other people's lives as if they were genuinely concerned… — Paulo Coelho
Revenge. They took too much. You give up and die, or learn how to take back. — Karen Marie Moning
People changed lots of other personal things all the time. They dyed their hair and dieted themselves to near death. They took steroids to build… — Ellen Wittlinger
I've been noble since they took you to the hospital," he said through his teeth. "I'm tired of it. I don't eat, I don't sleep,… — Diana Palmer
They meet in the girls' bathroom. The last time they were forced to meet in a place like this, they took separate, isolated stalls. Now… — Neal Shusterman
They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues... — Brendan Behan
I dream that I have found us both again, With spring so many strangers' lives away, And we, so free, Out walking by the sea,… — Thomas Pynchon
Dogs are not like cats, who amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.… — Terry Pratchett
There's a meeting in Command. Disregard your current schedule,' he says. 'Done,' I say. 'Did you follow it at all today?' he asks in exasperation.… — Suzanne Collins
In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way. As humans… — Hayao Miyazaki
Professor Snape was forcing them to research antidotes. They took this one seriously, as he had hinted that he might be poisoning one of them… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
‎Our ancestors took this land. They took it and made it and held it. We do not give up what our ancestors gave us. They… — Bernard Cornwell
Intelligent, thinking people could take things like this in their stride, just as they took the larger absurdities of deadly dull jobs in the city… — Richard Yates
They ravaged neither the rivers nor the forest, and if they irrigated, they took as little water as would serve their needs. The land and… — Willa Cather
When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children — Pat Conroy
When the Irish novelist John McGahern was a child, his sisters unlaced and removed one of his shoes while he was reading. He did not… — Anne Fadiman
They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away what should have been my ears, (Beethoven came… — Helen Keller
The strange thing about Roman soldiers in the comics was the amount of trouble they took over their armor and their helmets, and then, after… — Arundhati Roy
I feel like I am wlaking down into a porn movie" V mutteres as they took the steps with care. "Wouldn't that require more black… — J R Ward
Tod's eyes widened and his irises swirled in tight twists of blue. "Well, I don't see that I have much of a choice, considering that's… — Rachel Vincent
The concentration camps, by making death itself anonymous (making it impossible to find out whether a prisoner is dead or alive), robbed death of its… — Hannah Arendt
He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it as calmly as… — Patrick Rothfuss
Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening to… — Mitch Albom
The ship's boards were still sticky with new resin. We leaned over the railing to wave our last farewell, the sun-warm wood pressed against our… — Madeline Miller

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